Hefty lawsuit filed over raid of local Kansas newspaper
The Marion County Record filed a lawsuit in the wake of a April 11, 2023 police and sheriff raid on the newspaper and the alleged resultant death of its 98-year-old owner. The newspapers and the Marion city mayor were often at odds. The mayor attempted to get Marion city elected officials to sign a statement giving him to power to dismiss them from office. The attempt followed a failed recall of the then-vice mayor. (The